● Matching engine, gearbox, rear axle and chassis numbers ● Known history ● Extensive recent restoration ● Swiss registration document The Type 57 was presented at the October 1933 Motor Show as a four-door pillarless saloon, named "Galibier".

After three prototypes, built for this presentation, 38 production cars came into circulation in 1934, then the Bugatti coachbuilding atelier retired this type of chassis until 1936.

Indeed, it produced only one saloon, chassis 57292, in 1935, before coachbuilding 13 in 1936.

After a break in production in June 1936, the third series of Galibier saloons would not be revealed until October 1938, this time more aerodynamic and lighter, thanks to the use of aluminium.

In 1935, the clients of the factory who wished to acquire a four-door saloon on a Type 57 chassis had to turn to the coachbuilder Vanvooren in Courbevoie.

From the end of the 1920s, Vanvooren offered saloons on 3 and 5L chassis, then two-door sedans on chassis 49.

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